Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

BENJAMIN STERN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

NPI
1548656515
CMS profile
11259106
Location
HERSHEY, PA

General Payments · PY2021–2022

$1,029.25

  • Reported across 23 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2022

$986.67

22 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2022 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Travel and Lodging $627.58 6
Food and Beverage $359.09 16

By paying entity

PY2022 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $731.35 7
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $58.21 3
Ardelyx, Inc. $52.38 3
RedHill Biopharma Inc. $34.62 2
EVOKE PHARMA, INC. $29.64 2
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $18.33 1
Lucid Diagnostics Inc. $16.94 1
GENZYME CORPORATION $15.58 1
ABBVIE INC. $14.97 1
VIVUS LLC $14.65 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $42.58 1
PY2022 $986.67 22

Payment records · PY2022 (22)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2022 2021 Record-level detail is published for PY2022; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABBVIE INC. $14.97 10/03/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 892456051 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $18.77 08/19/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 925732415 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $19.21 09/23/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 925732417 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $14.40 10/28/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 925732419 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $21.40 03/03/2022 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 916571419 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $119.50 03/03/2022 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 916797333 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $254.61 03/03/2022 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 916797337 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $67.51 03/04/2022 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 916571423 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $103.77 03/04/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 916797331 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $119.50 03/04/2022 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 916797335 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $45.06 03/05/2022 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 916571421 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $18.33 09/16/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 930839969 CMS
Evoke Pharma, Inc. $14.41 09/30/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 913802909 CMS
Evoke Pharma, Inc. $15.23 11/29/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 913804645 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $15.58 11/15/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 939060051 CMS
Lucid Diagnostics Inc. $16.94 10/07/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 962721979 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $17.73 09/02/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 944363793 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $24.81 09/19/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 944215351 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $15.67 11/14/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 944254303 CMS
RedHill Biopharma Inc. $18.45 08/25/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 902964005 CMS
RedHill Biopharma Inc. $16.17 10/17/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 902973057 CMS
VIVUS LLC $14.65 08/22/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 905403705 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2021, 2022
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2022_P01232026_01102026.csv

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